"It's our first time coming to Milwaukee, and there's so many of you. It's crazy," Local Natives' guitarist and vocalist Taylor Rice told the near-capacity crowd Friday night at the Riverside Theater.

And it was crazy - the show was initially scheduled for Turner Hall, but thanks in part to the chart success of sophomore album "Hummingbird," Local Natives was able to leapfrog the Pabst Theater for the approximately 2,500-capacity Riverside. | March 23, 2013»Read Full Article

Two years later, after opening two new locations and making a major online push, the business is thriving, leaving Pajot optimistic about local independent book selling. | April 1, 2014»Read Full Article(6)

Doris Chortek found the world of theater at Shorewood High School, and it stayed with her throughout her life. She helped found the old Fred Miller Theatre — precursor to the Milwaukee Rep — and worked in the early days of television.

But for Chortek, the real action was behind the scenes. Production and lighting — those were her real loves in the theater. | April 1, 2014»Read Full Article

If you see Hank at Miller Park for the Brewers' first evening home game of the season, please, don't pull any April Fool's pranks on the pup. Journal Sentinel photo by Mark Hoffman.| April 1, 2014»Read Full Blog Post